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Biography Kipling
A biography of Kipling to be used when wtudying the If poem
Level: elementary
Age: 12-16
Type: reading

 


 
The timeline of Steven Spielberg

Level: intermediate
Age: 15-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
john grisham biography

Level: elementary
Age: 14-16
Type: worksheet

 


 
The life of Elvis Presley
Using the past simple write the biography of Elvis Presley.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
The life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, a reading test
I wrote this biography of Schwarzenegger as a reading test for my classes. It�s quite long but the students usually understand most of it without problems. Most of them have heard of Schwarzenegger and know some of his films, they guess the rest. Most sentences are in the simple past, the test has many irregular verbs and I worked on the passive wi...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading

 


 
writing a biography
you can use this material when you teach your students �how to write a biography�
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Wh- questions about famous people
This is a communicative activity. Divide the class into 2 groups ( or students can work in pairs): one group asks wh- questions to the other about John lennon�s life and fill in the information in the grid. Then, they swap and have to answer the other group about Bob Marley.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card

 


 
Writing about Adele (pres perfect vs past simple)
Guided writing I used this with an elementary group. They are working with past simple and present perfect, and the units of the book are about music (Upbeat elem unit 9) They have to write a short paragraph using past simple or present perfec.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Spiderman Biography
This is a reading that summarize in very simple words Spiderman�s life as a superhero and as Peter Parker, the photographer.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: reading

 


 
LINCOLN�S CENTENNIAL : Life behind the legend A2 to B1
Biography adapted from various websites. Worksheet for A2 to B1
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
reading : biography
a short biography about john travolta. Useful to work on the simple past tense, getting specific information about the text.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Movie (Great Balls of Fire)+Past Simple
�Great Balls of Fire� is a film about a great musician and I decided to use it to teach my elementary students Past Simple. They first watch the video (about 7 minutes from the beginning) and then do a grammar exercise. If you teach Past Simple on the basis of people�s biographies, you will find this worksheet useful.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Biography of a sportsman (+ answers)
IT�s a worksheet that helps students learn how to ask yes/no and wh questions correctly and put bracketed words in the right tense or form. I hope it�s useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Agatha Christie�s biography
How to write a biography using linkwords and verbs in the preterite tense
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
I�m going to do a mini project on Cat Stevens with my class, using some of the worksheets based on his songs from this great site. I thought I�d start off with a mini biography. Here it is, I hope some of you like it!
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 

 

 

 

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